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Battery Park

New York, United States of America

Battery Park

At the southern tip of Manhattan, Battery Park is a waterfront green space, named for the artillery batteries which were installed here to protect the settlement of New York when it was under Dutch, then British rule. In the lead-up to the War of 1812, {{marker|type=see|url=http://www.nps.gov/cacl/|

name=Castle Clinton|lat=40.70343|long=-74.01682}} was constructed as a fort to protect the city, and is now operated as a small museum. There are several memorials in the park, including {{marker|type=see|name=The Sphere|lat=40.70387|long=-74.01727}}, a public art piece originally housed on the World Trade Center site which survived the events of September 11 and was moved to Battery Park. Ferries departing to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (see below) depart from here.

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